Simnia

Simnia
a live Simnia spelta on soft coral Leptogorgia sarmentosa
Shell of † Simnia fusulina (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Simniinae
Genus: Simnia
Risso, 1826
Type species
Simnia nicaeensis
Risso, 1826
Synonyms
  • Amphiperas (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884
  • Amphiperas(Simnia) Risso, 1826
  • Neosimnia P. Fischer, 1884
  • Ovula (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884 (original rank)
  • Ovula (Simnia) Risso, 1826
  • Simia [sic] (misspelling)
  • Simnia (Neosimnia) P. Fischer, 1884
  • Spiculata Cate, 1973
  • Subsimnia C. N. Cate, 1973

Simnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae.

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